Rask on the ice
Joe Haggerty: Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask (concussion) wasn’t on the ice for their morning skate, but he was on the ice before. Would seem that he won’t be out for a long time.
Jenner misses last night’s game
Aaron Portzline: Columbus Blue Jackets forward Boone Jenner is out an injury. During practice on Monday coach John Tortorella said that something had “flared up.”
Pitlick to the IR
Mark Stepneski: The Dallas Stars have put forward Tyler Pitlick on the IR with an upper-body injury retroactive to January 17th.
Devils won’t shut Hall down for the year
Abbey Mastracco: New Jersey Devils coach John Hynes said that there haven’t been any talks about shutting Taylor Hall down for the season.
The rehab schedule that he is on doesn’t have him on the ice skating every day so it doesn’t look like he is close.
Mike Morreale: Devils defenseman Sami Vatanen left Monday’s game in the third period after being hit along the boards and wasn’t able to practice yesterday. Ben Lovejoy and Stefan Noesen also didn’t practice.
Amanda Stein: Vatanen received stitches about his eye during Monday’s game.
Howden suffers a knee injury
Colin Stephenson: New York Rangers Brett Howden left last night’s game with a knee sprain and will be re-evaluated today.
Brett Cyrgalis: Rangers coach David Quinn said that Howden will be out for “a little while” and they will know more today.
Johnson ready to go
Pens Inside Scoop: Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Jack Johnson missed the end of Monday’s game but practiced yesterday and is good to go.
Peter Diana: Penguins defenseman Justin Schultz was on the ice doing drills yesterday.
Johnson ready to go
Bryan Burns: Tampa Bay Lightning forward Tyler Johnson will be in the lineup against the Penguins. He had left their last game with a lower-body injury.